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= The Federation requires a status report. =

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Choose a Team reporter to place your team responses here.

=Mini-Mission 1: Advocating and Implementing Project Based Learning=
 * Reflect on what you about the structure, components, and rationale for project based learning and complete this mission:**
 * 1) Provide a rational for why PBL will be more successful methodology than conventional means of lecture and large class discussion.
 * 2) Provide possible PBL projects for each of the subjects taught: math, social studies, science and Antiquan language arts.
 * 3) Provide either a short jingle to help the Antiquans remember project based learning or an illustration that would help the Antiquans remember project based learning.

1. More collaborative, interactive and authentic for students. More content w/ a deeper understanding is covered by the students. 2. Examples:
 * Calculus - analyze energy from the local nuclear power plant to see if there were leaks (air quality etc) and planned to solve the problem (if found) then presented their findings using Google Earth and other formats to a person who worked there.
 * Shakespeare project - studetns created a wiki and discussed projects, presented to whole class, study halls and school officials
 * Physical science project - market research to determine what type of toys children of a certain age group liked, build toy for speed, power climb a slope, or a combination of the two. Students jkept log w/ drawings, ideas, and math, then built the toy and did a presentation of the toy to an engineer and pitched the product as if they were pitching a new toy - most students created letterhead and business cards to present as well.

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=Mini-Mission 2: Wisdom of the Crowd: Next Steps= After analyzing and synthesizing the ideas on your chart, work together as a team to wordsmith 5-10 measurable next steps around implementation of your category =Collaboration =


 * Modeling & Mentoring
 * identify "lead teachers/mentors" who can work with teachers on integrating technology
 * Using Tech Tools
 * Wikis or Moodles of what teachers do, organized by dept.
 * Google docs, shared network folders
 * Collaboration - inside and outside of district
 * Multidistrict wiki w/ links and flipcharts
 * Other school visits
 * collaboration "duty" - like lunch duties :)
 * Cross-Curricular
 * identify common themes

Steps to implementation:
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=Mini-Mission 3: Know Your Support Systems - Full Speed Ahead= The results of the survey are here. We suggest that you save a copy of this spreadsheet so that you can sort it as you wish to be able to analyze the responses. (Team, Room, IU, etc)

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=Mini-Mission 4: Model Lessons and Galactic "Monsters"=


 * Reflection on Model Lessons:** Use the Discussion tab to respond.

Discuss these prompts with your teammates
 * Battling the Galactic "Monster" Discussions**
 * What strategies you have used to overcome the "monsters"?
 * Who are some of the key people in the district who MUST be on your side in order to be successful?
 * As you share your strategies, consider using some for your Individual Mission

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=Mini-Mission 5: Presentation to the Federation= After you have reflected (and revised?) your project, post it below. Either upload the file, embed the project, or post a link to your project.

//**Note**//: The Individual Instructional Coach Mission (IICM) should be uploaded to your specific IU page here. Please save your mission (document, podcast, movie, prezi, etc. ) with your name.

Post Final Team Mission Projects Here:
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